Slimfast dropped Whoopi Goldberg as a spokeswoman, after receiving many complaints related to a recent off color anti-Bush rant (involving the sexual double meanings of the Bush/Dick Cheney ticket, which I always found perverse myself, and somewhat fitting). Goldberg herself accepted this as reasonable business practice, and I'm not too upset about the whole thing.
I found the whole campaign ridiculous anyway. The tagline is "I'm a Loser," which seems to fit, if not in the intended way. It is my belief that the reason why Slimfast had to drop her in the first place was that Goldberg has been doing lame ass crap for years, so her controversial edge is barely even known anyway. This is a woman who I remember years ago being in a teen public service type video doing a bit on self-abortion. Now, she's in bad sitcoms and Hollywood Squares. Such a shame, really. Goldberg is the type of sad caricature, even if her heart is basically in the right place, that give liberals a bad name.
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Also in celebrity news, Martha Stewart was sentenced today. She received five months in jail, two years probation (five months as house arrest), and a thirty thousand dollar fine (sure to break her). This was more lenient than some though she'd get, perhaps a result of her plea to the judge to "remember all the good I have done." She walked out (free pending appeal) and spoke about the "small personal matter [aka the fact she is a criminal] that was unfortunately harming her business, which Stewart wanted everyone to know will prevail. Looks like she learnt her lesson!
[Some argue she is a victim of selective prosecution. Maybe. Some suggest there were some irregularities at her trial that should have voided her sentence. Maybe. Some suggest we should feel sorry for her. Don't think so -- celebrities like her cannot blithely break the rules and figure that they can get away with it. A jury and various legal analysts agreed she did this. Thus, I can't feel too much pity for her.]
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Well, it had to happen. The Atlanta [expletive deleted] Braves are tied for first place. It took them until after the All Star Break, but you knew that the Phillies couldn't be trusted, and the Marlins without I-Rod have been struggling. There actually is an almost four way tie (Mets/Marlins are one game back) in the NL East that really should hold for some time, unless one of the teams goes on a (somewhat likely) tailspin at some point.
This NY fan doesn't quite like the situation -- each week or even game feels like a struggle, hanging on by their fingernails [the Mets won 3-2 in the eleventh last night, with two runs coming via a hit by the pitcher and an error by the Phillies' pitcher]. It gets too damn exhausting after awhile. There is something to be said about listening (no YES coverage for me at home) to a Yankee game and knowing that a loss really won't matter too much. Oh well ... should be an interesting few months anyway.
[After I drafted this post, everyone but the Phillies lost, so the Braves shifted to second place. The Mets loss was typical nail-biting stuff, blown chances, and being as close as 2-1 as late as the eighth inning. Jay Seo, repeatedly shunted aside by the media as a forgettable spare part, again did well (especially given his role as a fourth/fifth starter), losing because he made one mistake in seven innings.]